Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has been selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of dELiA*s, Inc., et al. On December 7, 2014, dELiA*s, Inc. and eight affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The cases are pending before Hon. Robert...

After years of advocacy by Akin Gump, alongside a coalition of Holocaust survivors and their supporters, an agreement has been announced by the U.S. and French governments that will provide $60 million in compensation for Holocaust survivors who were transported toward Nazi camps by the French national rail company, Société Nationale des...

Akin Gump has advised VimpelCom Holdings BV as borrower and VimpelCom Amsterdam BV as guarantor under a $1 billion credit facility from China Development Bank and Bank of China, which was signed on November 19, 2014.

Dykema has announced that Bonnie Mayfield, Bloomfield Hills-based member of Dykema’s Litigation and Labor & Employment practices, has been appointed chair of the Legislative Committee of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL).

On September 29, 2014, the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency awarded a 20-year contract to Kelley Drye client ReEnergy Black River. ReEnergy Black River submitted the proposal in the Spring of 2013 as part of a competitive procurement process to provide secure renewable power to Fort Drum, home of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. It is the largest...

ZyLAB, a leading provider of eDiscovery and Intelligent Information Governance technology, has announced it has fully certified its compliance with the provisions of the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework. With this certification, ZyLAB underscores its commitment to meeting European Data Privacy standards in North America. The Safe Harbor self-certification for...

Gibbons P.C. is pleased to announce that Bozena (Bonnie) Diaz has joined the firm as an associate in the Corporate Department.
Ms. Diaz’s previous experience includes working as an associate in the Tax Department of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York, where she researched and analyzed a wide range of federal and state income tax issues related to...

The 2015 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® has ranked Sills Cummis & Gross nationally in one practice area and regionally in 29 practice areas, including 21 Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings.
Firms included in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence...

Dykema has announced that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2015 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Dykema joins the ranks of 366 major U.S. businesses which also earned top...

Brad Thompson, formerly president and general counsel of solar energy company Circular Energy, has rejoined King & Spalding as a partner in its business litigation practice in Austin, Texas. He will focus on complex commercial disputes, particularly construction and energy-related matters.

Clifford Chance has recruited a team of five lawyers from Bingham McCutchen – led by partners Robert J. Gross and William Cejudo — to its Washington, D.C., office. The move brings additional expertise to the firm's U.S. structured finance and real estate finance practices while also expanding the capabilities of its office in the U.S....

Fish & Richardson has been designated as a “Best Place to Work” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in its recently released 2015 Corporate Equality Index, which assessed 971 U.S. companies on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality. Fish was one of only 89 law firms...

Clifford Chance is proud to announce it has been awarded the Global Network for Public Interest Law's (PILnet) 2014 European Award for Exemplary Partnership in the Public Interest for its work with Fair Trials International (FTI).

Akin Gump advised Virgin America Inc. shareholder Cyrus Capital Partners in the initial public offering of the airline’s stock, which began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange. Cyrus controls VAI Partners, one of Virgin America’s biggest shareholders. At an offering price of $23 per share, the IPO raised approximately $306 million,...

King & Spalding advised Oregon Clean Energy, LLC in the development of a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a greenfield 860-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas-fired generation facility in the Toledo, Ohio, suburb of Oregon. The financing for the transaction and the full notice to proceed under the contract occurred on...

Phillips Lytle LLP, a premier, 180-year-old regional law firm that is recognized nationally for its legal excellence, is continuing its expansion into the Washington, DC market with the addition of special counsel, John M. Falk.
Phillips Lytle entered the Washington, DC market in June of 2014, with plans to build a team of attorneys with the highest...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Sandra M. Cotter has been named director of the firm's Regulated Industries Department, effective January 2015. Ms. Cotter will be taking over for Leonard Wolfe, who is joining the firm’s Executive Board. Ms. Cotter will also assume Wolfe’s role as leader of Dykema...

In Dykema’s 10th annual 2014 M&A Outlook Survey, respondents reported cautious optimism this year about the economy and its impact on current and future M&A activity.
Survey respondents from 13 different sectors, in such areas as automotive, technology and financial services, answered questions about how the U.S. economy and domestic...

Dykema has announced that the firm was nationally ranked in 27 practice areas in the 2015 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 100 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law.

Jones Day has announced that seven former U.S. Supreme Court clerks will join its Issues & Appeals Practice as associates. The firm previously hired six clerks from the 2012-2013 Term and six from the 2011-2012 Term.